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I V w V VOLUME LIIL, JfUMBEH 50, * ji^BERBY, S. C.? T I hSDAY, .11NE 27, 191G. TWICE A WEEK, $U?8 A YEAR. - m * ' tmt ?? ??? liOlS ARE CHEERFUL A>D READY MA'RCHISG ORDERS 1 The Herald and >'ews Reporter Spends Sunday at Styx?Bullock Boys Cheerful. "Lives there the man, "with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, -< *This is my own, my native land.' If such there breathe, eo mark him well. For him, no minstrel raptures swell." If this sentiment prevailed and if the shameful and cowardly declaration, "1 did not raise my boy to be a j soldier" dominated the spirit of: American citizenship, there would be I no uniformed soldier boys on the r>o rr. nin rr orr-/-?ll n r? a at StvY V TIOT ! W vaxiiyiju^ MV w ??y ? for that matter, anywhere else in the union, and a giant among the nations ' of the earth would be the helpless victim of murderous bandits and invading armies of a nation entirely1 void of all moral restraint and "whose government is one of tumultuous and seething anarchy. In the present Mexican situation v there are three possibilities as to the outcome. First, war may yet be avoided by diplomatic maneuvering and the National Guards sent home. Second, the rapid mobUization on the border and the sending into Mexico of an immense and overwhelming army, such as would overcome and ^ terrify the entire population,?political leaders, generals, presidents and all?would no doubt bring this war ! distracted people to their senses, or! at leastf. to a realization, in a meas- ; ure, of their danger, and hence bring 1 about early negotiations for peace, j Third, in case of the failure of the ! first two possibilities, it is likely that,! after the few pitched battles between ; * regularly organized armies the war1 "will develop into a guerilla warfare ! which may last several years. Of course there can be no doubt as j to the final result, if the war is to be fought between the United States and Mexico without the aid of powerful allies on the side of i\!exico; and even in that event, if the soldier 'boys at <Styx is a fair sample of the courage and physical vigor of other soldiers i all over this great country, the outcome | even against great odds, would be one of final victory. The reporter with a few friends motored to Columbia and visited the camp grounds at Styx last Sunday. It $ was all very interesting and full of the thrills of martial life. As our little party was strolling about the grounds, we encountered a sentry who suddenly 'brought his rifle, whicn looke<i as Dig as a ience ran, irom ui-o shoulder and with the stock under his arm and his fingers on the trigger; works, with the muzzle net more | than six feet from the foremost man in our bunch, he commanded us to "halt." fWe halted. We didn't slowdown like some of the auto drivers in Newt>e?~y when they see a "stop" sign. We stopped or "halted" so suddenly that we almost stripped our gears. "Where are you going?'' was the P next siern demand. We pointed to our auto which wa? standing a short distance away and ! stammered out in broken and unin- < telligible sentences that we were trying to depart, that while we had enjoyed cur short stay in the camp, we j i felt that the enjoyment might sub- j side if we stayed any great length i I of time. Good bye! We hunted up the ever genial and j cordial Bullock boys?Glenn and I Earle, who belong to the Anderson company. Earle already belonged to ^ the Anderson organization and when & the call was made for the National to mobilize. Glenn went with his brother from Newberry to An- j derson and joined the s^me company, j When seen at their tent they were very cheerful and spoke with pride of their company, saying that it was the largest in the First regiment? LI50 men. While we were seated in their tent, which is also- occupied hy ^^eral of their comrades, an officer the door and called to them i ery pleasant tone: "Boys they Uing in." This we learned, was luing in'' of a corporal guard By dutv and Earle wliose turn ? rIK. W. T. BLFORD 1> NO DANGER FROM RABBIES Mr. W. T. Buford of the Bush river church community returned Saturday morning from Columbia> in good spirits, the physician in charge of the pasteur treatment for rabbies having assured him that he was in no danger from the wound on his hand sustained while placing in close confinement a dog which he thought to be mad. ? - ? r%.. f Last Friday morning Mr. ouiuiu and his son Willie Munson noticed one of their dogs acting strange and as the day passed his behavior growing more suspicious they decided to shut him up in the buggy house and await developments. It was while i clinching a nail on the inside. Mr. Buford having reached his hand through a crack with the hammer, j that the dog came forward and at-1 tempted to lick Mr. Buford's hr?id | which he quickly snatched away, and, j in -doing so he snagged it slightly on i another protruding nail point. (Mr. Buford feared that some of the deadly virus might have gotten into the wound and after having Dr. Pope cauterize the wound he took t'ne dog's head and went to Columbia Friday night. The head was examined and it was found that the dog had rabbies ?a very decided case. As stated before. Mr. Buford was informed that he was in no danger and returned to Newberry. ? " j ^?1? ~ '.i r?i me l ounry Minuay ^chuvi vummtion. The Newberry county Sunday school convention will be held August S-9, in Lebanon 'Methodist churcn,! Rev. W. R. 'Bouknight pastor, No. 2 j township. 6 miles north east from Newberry. The pastor and superintendent ofj each school are ex officio memKrs of the convention and in addition each school will b? entitled to one j delegate to every ten members of the Sunday school. Prof. R. D. Webb, the State secre-j tary and his assistant. Miss Ravene1, j will be present and lend interest and ! profit to the occasion. Every township chairman will be' expected to make a full report of his work. J. hi. U'.\. nouowav, County Secretary, j Lawn Fete. Benefit King's Daughters, at Boundary street school, Thursday, June 29th, 7:30 p. m. 1st prize for girls best decorated doll cart?'Little Princess. 1st prize for Boys best decorated tricycle?Indian suit. All children under ten years of age j are eligible. Admission ten cents. it was. along with others, to serve, "fell in line" as we shook hands witn him and wished him well. The Styx grounds cover several i hundred acres and the First and Sec- j ond regiments are encamp^i in two ! groups of tents of brown khaki much j resembling the color of the uniforms j worn by the soldiers. There were j some 3,000 m*:i encamped on the; grounds Sunday and others were ^ coming in. Although there was a slight sprin-' I kle of rain falling all the time we i were there?from 11:30 to 2:30, the' soldiers were strolling about the grounds or standing in groups while ; others were eating their m^als. The general appearance of nearly all of them was that of cheerfulness and. satisfaction, in fact the best illustra-: ~^ a! w inn Troc nvnroe I'UIl CI UiOf.iwoiv.ivyw < ao sed by a young fellow, whom we over-; heard, w:hen he remarked to some of his comrades: "It would be thunder if you fellows were sent to the bor- i der and I should have to go home." | This was said in anticipation of the j physical examination that all of them j will have to undergo and which will determine who shall be "retained in the service and who will be rejected.: There were large numbers of visi- i i tors at the camp from many parts j of the State. (Several automobiles j carried down a goodly number of j Xewtofrians. It is seven nines rrom Columbia to the camp and the entire route was literally lined with autos.-j coming and going, during the most of the day. ^ ^ ^ <s> <$> $> <i> $ $ <$ <?> < ? GOVERNOR MANNING ISSUES C AI ?> FO It t' One thousand recruits are needed $ and Second regiments of the Nation; service in Mexico. e> The call for the men was issued & ter a conference at Camp Aloore ?> First regiment, ranking officer and ( '*> regiment. The following was signed by Gov. '*> "To the People of South Carolina: "A crisis confronts us. The call Carolina is expected to do her part. ? About 2.500 are now in camp. W e 3- men. 1 make this appeal to the patr of (South Carolina to offer their servi is urgent. Recruits are needed at c community who are interested in ^ full war quota of troops to take the cruits for the two South Carolina communicate with Col. O. K. LaRoqi Columbia at once. "Recruiting offic v munities that indicate a responds 1 4> that the patriotism of our people 1 <$> "J ^ --"-I<& <e> <$> ^ <?> <$ <? <?> ?> <?> <?> <?<?> < MI ST RELEASE PRISONERS e AM) DEFINE INTENTION t< Mexican Government Told That it c 31ust Tell of Proposed Course. j t< | e Washington. June 23.?a demand ; c for the immediate release of the' w American troopers taken prisoner at j J Carrizal, coupled with a stern notifi-1-A cation that the United States expects | s ~ ~ ? 1 -- <-.*o 4-rtm Oil f r?f fho niimnSP? f 'T s dlL Cell i v oiaicuiunc wi. ciiv _ the Carranza government was tele-: f: graphed to Mexico City by Secretary j c Lansing. o The note discloses that the state, t< department received yesterday a com- 15 munication from the de facto govern- G nient stating that the Carrizal fight1 r was the direct result of orders to at- j t tack /American soldiers moving other- , e wise than towards the border person- j 11 aliy issued by Gen. Carranza to Gen. j b Trevino and by the latter communi- [ ^ cated to Gen. Pershing. j 1 In reply Secretary Lansing re- j ^ quires that the de facto government J s transmit a definite statement ''as to I e the course of action has determined j s upon" through the usual diplomatic ~i ~ "oT-iA nnt fhrrmsrh snbordi- ! ^ LUetmicia, auu . ? o-" nate military officers.'' . . . f< The Mexican communication is con-1 strued, Secretary Lansing states, "as j a formal avowal of deliberately hosI u tile action against the forces of the j ^ 'United States now in Mexico, and of ! "the purpose to attack without provoA cation whenever they move from their present position'' despite the ^ friendly mission on which they are ^ engaged and which is reaffirmed in ^ the American rejoinder. t 0 Mnst (ro on Record. o Gen. Carranza is required to place f himself on record formally and the s plain intimation lies behind the re- ? strained language of iMr. Lansing's ? communication that force will be met v with force. Apparently, however, the t Washington government is determin- J ^ ed that the de facto government shall j t< not evade responsibility before the j h world if war is forced upon the Uni- j a ted States. j a The note and the military situation ; of t!ie V'nited States were talked over i i at the White House tonight bv the! i ^ president with ' hairman Stone of the j senate foreign relations committee,!17 Senator'Lodge, ranking Republican j r member, and Chairman Flood, of the i " house committee on foreign affairs. 0 After the conference, which lasted more than an hour. Senator Stone'* said the situation was "exceedingly j n acute." The president had felt :t c necessary to acquaint congress with j e the state of affairs, and the action j cl taken, through .the foreign affairs t committee. It was indicated that he , n might desire to address a joint ses- ^ sion of the house and senate in a day s or two, hut would not take this final sten until the 'Mexican government had been given an opportunity to tl reply. Q Text of Note. c< The text of the note to the Mexican de facto government, transmitted to- ^ day to James Lynn Rodgers, special ^ representative of the American gov- p J s> <$> <$> < ><$> $> <?> <? <s> <j> <?> <? <?> <L ^ ONE THOUSAND. RECRUITS & - at once to complete the First <J> al Guard of South Carolina for Sunday by Gov. Manning af- <$ with Col. E. M. Blythe of the <?> :ol. H. B. Springs of the Second <-v Manning: v for service has come. South Our men are responding nobly. <* need at least 1.000 additional ? iotism and loyalty of the men ces without delay. The matter <?> >nce. I request those in each <$> seeing South Carolina furnish <3> lead in securing available re- <$ regiments and urge that they ne at the governor's office in <$> ers "will be sent to any com- ^ io this appeal. I am confident <*> >vill bring a prompt response. & Richard I. Manning. Governor." <S> rnment in Mexico City says: "Mr. Arredondo yesterday delivered 3 this government the following ommunication: "'I am directed by my government > inform your excellency with refernce to the Carrizal incident, that thehief executive through the Mexican ar department, gave orders to Gen. acinto B. Trevino not to permit j merican forces from Gen. Perhing's column to advance furthar outh, nor to move either east or west rom the points where they are lo ated, and to oppose new incursions f American soldiers into (Mexican erritory. These orders were brought y Gen. Trevino to the attention of ten. Pershing, who acknowledged th>? ec-eipt of the communication relative i hereto. On the 22nd inst., as your xcellency knows, an American force loved eastward quite far from its ase. notwithstanding tno above orers, and was engaged 'by Mexican roops at uarrizai, 'Ci<n.e ui tmuua- I ua. As a result of the encounter, I everal men on both sides were kill-1 d and wounded and 17 American oldiers were made prisoners.' "You are hereby instructed to and to the minister of foreign relaions of the de facto government the allowing: " 'The government of the United tates can put no other construction ! pon the communication handed to! he secretary of state of the United tates on the 24th of June by Mr. .rredondo under instruction of your overnment. than that it is intended s a formal avowal of deliberately ostile action against the forces of iie United States now in Mexico an.i f the purpose to attack them withut provocation whenever they move rom their present position in puruance of the objects for which they ere sent there, notwithstanding the act that 'those objects not only inolve no unfriendly intention towards he government and the people of lexico. but are, on the contrary, inpnded only to assist that government n protecting itself and the territory ind people ot tne unueu oias-c^ gainst irresponsible and insurgent ands of rebel marauders. Release of Prisoners. ' 'I am instructed, therefore, by ny government to demand the imlediate release of the prisoners talc- | n in the encounter at Carrizal. toother with any property of the Unitd States taken with them, and to inarm you that the government of the 'nited States expects an early stataient frcm your government as to the ourse of action it wishes the #ovrnment of the United iStates to unJ-i ; ? nr,(\n 5nf) erstand it lias aeiermmcu hat it also expects that this statement be made through the usual dipsmatic channels, and not through ubordinate military commanders.'" Zack Dawkins, a former resident of :iis section but now of Newberry, is uite ill with typhoid fever at the ome of his father.?Tndian Creek or. Saluda Standard. J. Henry -Harms, president of Newerry college and George Wright of ewberry spent Tuesday with Dr. 0. Wise.?iSaluda Standard. WILL CALL OS FIRST CHIEF TO REPUDIATE THE ATTACK ] Grave Consequences Unless He Complies at Onee?America Prepares for Steps, (Washington, June 24.?A preemp- 1 tory demand that Gen. Carranza re- i f a a nn /Amo i puuiaic nit anava vu aiuuv. xv^uu j troops at Carrizal and immediately release all captured (American sol- I diers was understood tonight to be i the next step contemplated bv the i I'nited States in the Mexican crisis. i Failure to comply with either demand undoubtedly would lead to "the t gravest consequences" foretold in Secretary Lansing's recent note to ( the de facto government. , Formulation of a communication awaited a final report from Gen. Pershing on the Carrizal incident. Pend- . ing its receipt the war department ^ nrAceail liro-ontlr tnrliir 1 f C 0ff OT't' ^ ?Jl COOVU UA J CVV4UJ AVKJ strongly to reinforce the border patrol and prepare for any eventual- * ity. 1 Fell information from American sources as to what happened at Car- j ( rizal was still lacking and the long * delay in finding additional survivors | 1 of the fight was regarded as an omi- J nous sign. No American officer may j J survive. In that event action by th2 J United States probably would be bas- j ed on the reports already received ] from stragglers. 1 Some Still Missiner. Aside from the stragglers the American dead reported by Mexican ^ authorities and the prisoners in Mex- ( ican hands more than a score of men ( remained unaccounted for out of Capt. Boyd's little detachment of 1 negro troopers. Without exception ' the reports of the stragglers indicate *1-101 fJ-iQ fnroa u'ot frannor? nnrl mas sacred by machine gun fire. S->ri"ie hope persisted tonight that a < of the command may have dug : themselves in somewhere west of Car- i rizal. Gen. Pershing's cavalry supports already had picked up a number of survivors, according to late reports. to Mediate. Xo offers of mediation reached the state department. Administration of- j ficials hold that they have nothing to J, mediate. Tt is generally regarded as I unlikely that President Wilson would j ; agree to anything tying the hands of j, Gen. Funston. I Under these circumstances it was j intimated on high authority that ef- j 1 forts toward preservation of peace, concerning the initiation of which the ^ minister of Salvador was authorized j today to confer with his diplomatic i colleagues, could go no further than 1J an attempt to.persuade Gen. Carranza ! to change his attitude toward the de- ( termination of the United States to protect its people and territory. Ambassador Xaon of Argentine is j' understood to have advised his government last night that the circumstances did not lend themselves to a mediation proposal at this time. He came here yesterday from New York ^ and saw diplomatic and state depart- , ment officials and returned to Washington again late tonight. , /A report reached here today that j. Gen. Carranza and his cabinet had j < nrenared a reply to the last Ameri-, 1 can note rejecting his demand that! American troops be withdrawn from J ' Mexico. The report said it would be j ' published in Mexico City tomorrow, j 1 but i: did nor say when it would be ' i ser.t here and officials were not in- ( dined to credit it. Ambassador Arredondo had no information tha: a reply had been prepared or even that a decision had been reached by his 1 PTkvprnmpnt" as to its next Step. Spe- ' ? ~ " i, cial Agent Rodgers at the Mexican | 1 capital has reported inability as yet J* to give any inkling as to what may * be expected from Carranza. ( Sign of Hostility. \ c If a reply has been prepared so j soon officials are inclined to JDelieve c it foreshadows a hostile answer. 11 i Private advices todaj still pictured i t the position of Gen. Carranza as, g strongly inclined toward a peaceful ! i termination of the present situation. | ^ He is said to feel that Villa is solely j j responsible for the grave crisis and j i that war would mean the fulfillment! \ of all Villa hoped for when he or- j j / ? THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY Prosperity Oil Mill Pays An Eight Per tent Dividend?Officers Reelected?Personals. Prosperity, June 26.?The stockholders of the Presperity Oil Mill net Friday and a dividend of eight ;>er cent was declared. Dr. J. S. iVheeler was reelected president and tfr. H. J. Raw! secretary and general nanager. This is one of the few oil nills of this section which has made noney this year. Miss Statia Phillips of Chester is ;he guest of Miss Clara Brown. Miss Mary Baker has returned to Greenwood after a visit to her aunt, VIrs. E. W. Werts. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beaenbaugh eft Monday for Atlanta after spendng a few days with Rev. and Mrs. Z. iV. Bedenbaugh. Mr. S. S. Birge has returned home ind his many friends are glad to see lim on the street again. Prof. Ed. Monts left Wednesday for Charlottesville, Va., where he will at:end the summer school of the Uni.'ersity of Virginia. Misses Mira Fant of Walhalla, and liiila Little of Laurens are guests of Vliss Nannie Wheeler. Mrs. Carrie McWaters and Misses Habel McWaters and Willie <Mae Wise ' eave Tuesday for a visit to Atlanta. Mrs. Henry Rikard and daughter, Vliss Fay, of Newberry, Mrs. Wajdo Rikard of Columbia and Miss Shurer'" )f Orangeburg have been the guests Df Mrs. Nancy Wheeler. 4 Little Miss Mary Boozer of Lexington. N. C., has returned home after a visit to her aunt, Mns. J. P. Wheeler. Miss Ellen Wheeler has gone to Winnsboro to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rawl leave today for the cotton seed crushers association which convenes in Jacksonville. 4 ^r. and Mrs. A. G. Wise spent MnnHav in r'nllimbia. Miss Ellie Cousin of Newberry spent the week-end with Mrs. Frank Merchant. Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh. of Pomaria is spending the week with her mother. Mrs. J. <M. Werts. Miss Marie Schumpert leaves in a few dayh for Rock Hill where siie ivill take the summer course at Win:hrop college. Miss Lois White and Mr. Paul White are visiting in Chester. Mrs. J. B. Stockman and daughter, ?uth, leave today for Glenns Springs. Mr. B. S. Sohumpert of Columbia spent the week-end with his brothers, ?. E. and J. C. Schumpert. Miss Cleo Attaway will lecture Friiav night in the town hall in the in;erest of the W. C. T. U. No admission will be charged. Rer. J. C. Peery, D. D., president >f Elizabeth college, Salem, N. C., has )een the guest of Rev. E. W. Leslie. Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Black and daughter, Sara. \of Lexington, Mr. Roscoe A'iller of Lexington and Miss Dar-mVo Ranfth of Wards scent Friday with Mrs. L. A. Black en route to Saluda. iered the dash over the line at Columbus. X. While the diplomatic status of the situation changed today with every liour if rumors were to be credited, cvord came of the mustering into the federal service of an Oregon National juard company, the first unit of the State- troops to be enrolled under President Wilson's call last Sunday. Reports from department commanders of the progress of the moblization of the guard so far are no Dasis for an accurate estimate of the ime it will take to get the whole 'orce to the Mexican border. The war lepartment awaits impatiently action )? the senate on the Hay resolution idopted yesterday in the house. On iccount of a memorial session, the nfAflov Tho mpas >eiia.ie am nut. av,i. ^ :re furnishes machinery under which he department could gather up and ;end to the front promptly all guardsnen who qualify for federal service vithout waiting for incomplete companies to be recruited to full strength. >ays, perhaps weeks of delay, would )e saved, it is estimated, under this )lan.